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February is African-American History Month: Urban planning history -- the attempt to make Roxbury a separate city from Boston

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

While the Roxbury initiative was voted on, twice, it didn't pass (" Separatist City of Mandela : Boston Voting on Proposal to Let Black Areas Secede ," Los Angeles Times ). They wanted to control development. Mandela versus electing Black leaders. The proponents asks focused on giving Black people decision-making power.

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Faced with Housing Shortages, Policymakers Test New Reforms To Increase Production

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

While restrictive zoning is not the only reason housing costs are high in the United States, it does play a major role in limiting housing development, especially in parts of the country with high paying jobs in fast-growing industries. Researchers found preliminary evidence that these laws had their intended effect.

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Meet the top 6 finalists for the 2023 Service to America Medals® People’s Choice Award

Partnership for Public Service

While all our Sammies finalists represent the very best in government, this award grants special recognition to the finalist who receives the most votes from the general public.  Continue reading to learn more about these outstanding civil servants and vote for your favorite to be crowned the 2023 People’s Choice Award winner.

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Urban planning when things are going well: DC, 2014 (The Office of Planning under Harriet Tregoning)

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

In textbooks on organizational psychology, behavior and development, there is an extended discussion of boundary spanning, where people have conflicting responsibilities to different groups with different priorities. Planning as boundary spanning and serving multiple masters. Planners are the classic example of boundary spanners. U Street NW.

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America is at a crossroads with its infrastructure future

American City & Country

In response to these consequences, the ASCE released the Sustainable Infrastructure Standard, ASCE 73-23, a tool that provides guidance for infrastructure owners to develop and implement sustainable solutions throughout a project’s entire life cycle. A recent great example is the Water Resources Development Act.

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Welcome to the team, Maurice Classen!

zencity

We don’t always blog (or brag) about the great things happening at the company, but today I want to personally share one of the most exciting developments in Zencity’s history. I can’t wait to see the impact Maurice will have on our efforts to serve the needs of local government and law enforcement leaders across the world.

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Local Government Support for Privately Owned Affordable Housing

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

Constitutional case law examines (1) the necessity of a local government’s proposed affordable housing activity and (2) whether the private sector is “unable to meet the need.” The affordable housing specialists in the School’s Development Finance Initiative (DFI) regularly assist local governments with these preliminary steps.